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Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 0. [Full Text]  

Anatomy and Morphology:

Gitta L. Coaker, Tea Meulia, Eileen A. Kabelka, Adriana K. Jones, and David M. Francis

A QTL controlling stem morphology and vascular development in Lycopersicon esculentum x Lycopersicon hirsutum (Solanaceae) crosses is located on chromosome 2
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1859-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Book Review:

Taylor S. Feild

Plant evolution viewed through a functional and paleoclimatic prism
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 2034-2036. [Full Text]  

Ecology:

Jordi Martínez-Vilalta and William T. Pockman

The vulnerability to freezing-induced xylem cavitation of Larrea tridentata (Zygophyllaceae) in the Chihuahuan desert
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1916-1924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kaoru Kitajima, Stephen S. Mulkey, Mirna Samaniego, and S. Joseph Wright

Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age and position in two tropical pioneer tree species
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1925-1932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierre Martre, Gretchen B. North, Edward G. Bobich, and Park S. Nobel

Root deployment and shoot growth for two desert species in response to soil rockiness
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1933-1939. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paleobotany:

María A. Gandolfo, Kevin C. Nixon, and William L. Crepet

Triuridaceae fossil flowers from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1940-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hilary A. McManus, Lisa Boucher, Edith L. Taylor, and Thomas N. Taylor

Hapsidoxylon terpsichorum gen. et sp. nov., a stem with unusual anatomy from the Triassic of Antarctica
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1958-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Population Biology:

Julie R. Etterson and Laura F. Galloway

The influence of light on paternal plants in Campanula americana (Campanulaceae): pollen characteristics and offspring traits
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1899-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Jill S. Miller and D. Lawrence Venable

The transition to gender dimorphism on an evolutionary background of self-incompatibility: an example from Lycium (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1907-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Structure and Development:

Paula J. Rudall, Richard M. Bateman, Michael F. Fay, and Alison Eastman

Floral anatomy and systematics of Alliaceae with particular reference to Gilliesia, a presumed insect mimic with strongly zygomorphic flowers
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1867-1883. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michelle McMahon and Larry Hufford

Developmental morphology and structural homology of corolla-androecium synorganization in the tribe Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1884-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Song Ge, Ang Li, Bao-Rong Lu, Shou-Zhou Zhang, and De-Yuan Hong

A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on matK sequence data
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1967-1972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John S. Mooring

Experimental hybridizations of Eriophyllum annuals (Asteraceae, Helenieae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1973-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Javier Francisco-Ortega, Javier Fuertes-Aguilar, Seung-Chul Kim, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Daniel J. Crawford, and Robert K. Jansen

Phylogeny of the Macaronesian endemic Crambe section Dendrocrambe (Brassicaceae) based on internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1984-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Susana Magallón and Michael J. Sanderson

Relationships among seed plants inferred from highly conserved genes: sorting conflicting phylogenetic signals among ancient lineages
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 1991-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Data]  

Ivana Stehlik

Glacial history of the alpine herb Rumex Nivalis (Polygonaceae): a comparison of common phylogeographic methods with nested clade analysis
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 2007-2016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

V. Gobert, S. Moja, M. Colson, and P. Taberlet

Hybridization in the section Mentha (Lamiaceae) inferred from AFLP markers
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 2017-2023. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andreas Tribsch, Peter Schönswetter, and Tod F. Stuessy

Saponaria Pumila (Caryophyllaceae) and the Ice Age in the European Alps
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 2024-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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